Toujours

Faur composed "Toujours" in 1878 as the final chanson in a set of three entitled Pome d'un jour, Op. 21. The virtuosic accompaniment continues throughout, fiery and unabated, and establishes the mood of the passionate, yet hopelessly lost and bitter lover. Faur's performance indication is Allegro con Fuoco and brilliantly displays one of the most powerful and frightening of all human emotions anger. His fascination for the texts he chose to set is clearly seen in the melodies and harmonies that surround them.